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Iran, France Hold Fresh Round of Political Talks in Tehran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Wednesday meeting was jointly presided over by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi and the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne.

During the talks, the participants underlined the need for preserving the Iran nuclear deal after the US’ unilateral withdrawal from the multi-national treaty and called on all parties to the deal to remain committed to their pledges.

The Iranian and French delegations also called for reinforcement of mutual relations between Tehran and Paris.

The two sides then exchanged views on regional and international developments and explored the ways to leave behind the current disputes and crises.

They also called for speeding up the process of resolving the ongoing crises, including the war on Yemen, through political ways.

Fight against the Takfiri terrorist groups was also among the issues discussed in this meeting.

During the talks, Araqchi expressed Tehran’s outrage at and protest against the continued presence and operation of members of the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in France. He also urged Paris to prevent the terrorist group from taking measures against Iran inside France.

For his part, the French official stressed that Paris is vigilant and closely watches the activities of all groups with records of terrorism in the country.

These negotiations, which are regularly held in Tehran and Paris every six months, are viewed as a mechanism within which the two countries can develop their bilateral relations in various political, economic and cultural spheres.

Russia to Make $50 Billion Investment in Iran’s Oil Industry

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IFP Editorial Staff
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With just five months left to the imposition of the new round of the US sanctions on Iran following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, a number of foreign companies have already decided to stop their operation in Iran.

But, according to the report by Fars News Agency, there are many other companies including Russian and Chinese firms which have announced their preparedness to replace European companies which have decided to leave Iran for fear of the US sanctions.

The report says relying on foreign firms particularly the European ones like BP and Total with their huge economic dependence on the US is not a logical option because as the recent case of the US withdrawal from the JCPOA showed they will leave their projects in Iran unfinished without any hesitation.

So far, Russia’s Gazprom has expressed its interest in launching projects in Azar and Changoole gas fields in Iran. The report said, Iran and Russia have already begun their talks on the new projects.

Out of 19 memorandums of understandings signed between Iran and foreign companies in oil industry in the wake of the JCPOA implementation in 2016, Russian firms are directly involved in 12 MoUs and indirectly involved in the remaining deals.

Experts say Russian firms will continue their operation in Iran even under the US sanctions, adding the Russian firms have nothing to lose because they are already under the US sanctions.

Iran-Russia trade volume stands at $2bn but the figure could increase considerably in the near future, the experts predicted.
As the history of the past four decades show, Asian and non-European companies are more reliable partners when it comes to long-term investments in Iran.

Iran, Switzerland Sign Railway Agreement

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Based on the contract signed on Wednesday, the Swiss company must reconstruct and repair some basic equipment and regulators and provide 21 operational machineries.

The agreement says these 21 machineries will be put out to tender, Tasnim News Agency reports.

This tender is based on Iran’s laws and regulations, and the domestic manufacturers and suppliers are privileged, it further reads.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways has also asked the Swiss company to offer a proposal to set up a domestic production site in Iran to increase the maximum chance of procuring the machineries.

The Memorandum of Understanding will be valid for 12 months.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 19

The top story today was the continued reactions to a letter by a group of reformist figures calling for Tehran’s direct and unconditional talks with Washington and the Trump administration. Conservative media particularly covered the reaction of Government Spokesman Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht who said those who wrote the letter lack enough political wisdom.

The Wednesday night’s FIFA World Cup match between Iran and Spain also made the headlines today as the entire nation is waiting to see the Team Melli’s performance after a 1-0 victory over Morocco in their first match.

The OPEC summit in Austria’s Vienna and the important decisions to be made during the talks also received great coverage.

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

1- Azmoon: I Myself Will Take Team Melli to Next Stage

  • Queiroz Is a Mountain of Motivation

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

1- University Students Give Science Minister an Ultimatum

  • MP: We’ll Try to Inform Ayatollah Khamenei about Students’ Problems

2- Government Spokesman: It’s Useful for Us to Talk to People

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Bahar:

1- Justice Minister: Respecting Citizens’ Rights Not a Tactic, but an Obligation

2- Official: Free Trade Zones Must Turn into Docks for Export

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Donya-ye Eqtesad:

1- Efficiency of Tehran’s Stock Exchange Market Doubles in Four Days

2- Oil Diplomacy at Critical Juncture: Hottest OPEC Meeting to Be Held in Friday

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Ebtekar:

1- Iran Judiciary, Parliament, Government Coordinate Efforts to Resolve People’s Woes

2- Parliament’s Vote for Ambiguity!

  • MPs Reject Motion on Transparency of Executive Officials’ Wages

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

 Etemad:

1- Trump’s Military Ambitions: US’ Biggest Defence Budget PassedA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Ettela’at:

1- Moscow to Ignore Israel’s Plan to Put Syria under Pressure

2- Railway Companies from 18 Countries Start Competition in Tehran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Ghanoon:

1- Judiciary’s Human Rights Council: Iran Most Successful Country in Fight against Terror

2- Saudi Crimes amid Global Silence

  • A Review of Latest Developments, Human Rights Violations in Yemen

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Hamdeli:

1- Cheetahs to Attack Matadors: Iran, Spain to Play against Each Other TonightA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Hamshahri:

1- How Were Bans on Car Imports Bypassed?

2- Government Owes IRR 57 Billion to Tehran MunicipalityA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Iran:

1- Iran First VP Outlines Government’s Scenario to Counter US Measures

  • Fighting Sanctions, Battling Corruption

2- Grounds Not Prepared for Negotiating with Trump: Iran Gov’t Spokesman

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Jahan-e San’at:

1- Israeli Minister Turns Out to Be Iran’s Spy!

2- I Don’t Know Anything about Israeli Minister’s Spying for Iran: Nobakht

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Javan:

1- 2,000km for Now

  • IRGC Chief-Commander: Our Policy for Now Is to Keep Range of Missiles at 2,000km

2- Government Spokesman Slams Reformists Who Call for Talks with Trump

  • They Don’t Have Political Wisdom

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

1- Yemeni Army: Any UN Plan to Surrender Hudaydah Port Unacceptable

2- France: We Don’t Have Common Values with US

3- Rouhani’s First VP: We Won’t Let Enemies Realize Dream of Crippling Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Kayhan:

1- 11 Solutions for Government, Parliament, Judiciary

  • Problems Can Be Resolved If These Three Take Action

2- Chief of Tehran Chamber of Commerce: Europe Cannot Resolve Iran’s Problems

3- Afraid of Hashd al-Shaabi’s Response, US Reveals Who Attacked Resistance Forces

4- Illegal Import of 6,000 Luxury Cars Result of Refusal to Set Fire on Contraband Goods

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Kelid:

1- Iran Tourism Chief: Calendar Prepared to Promote Hamadan 2018 EventA Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Khorasan:

1- Government, IRGC, Reformists Take United Stance against Those Favouring Talks with Trump

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Tejarat:

1- Oil Official: Imports Stopped, Iran Self-Sufficient in Production of Petrol, Gasoline

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

 

Vatan-e Emrooz:

1- Resolved to Make History

  • Iran, Spain to Play Second FIFA World Cup Match Tonight

2- Netanyahu Visits Jordan to Discuss ‘Deal of the Century’

3- Government’s Response to Traitors’ Letter: They Don’t Have Enough Political Wisdom

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 20

Iran Says OPEC Must Resist Trump’s Calls for Output Changes

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Zanganeh stressed on Tuesday that the OPEC is not a part of the US Department of Energy, and shouldn’t take orders from Trump.

“Trump thinks he can order the OPEC to do what he wants. He has created problems for the oil market by imposing sanctions against two founding members of the OPEC and now wants the Organisation to change certain things,” he said.

“This is not fair in my view,” he added.

“It is important for us and some other OPEC members that the oil market remains non-politicized,” he noted, adding that the oil market is not a political tool or weapon to use against other producers or consumers.

The “high prices in the market and the instability in the market” were created by the actions of US President Donald Trump, it is his responsibility, said Zanganeh.

Iran’s oil minister is currently in the Austrian capital Vienna ahead of a meeting with his counterparts set for Friday, in relation to which he noted that he does not expect an agreement to be reached on changing its output policy in the upcoming meeting.

“I don’t believe in this meeting we can reach agreement,” he said.

Zanganeh also stressed that OPEC is not an American organization and oil is not a political tool.

On Monday, Iran said it will veto an anticipated proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia to increase global production of oil when major producers meet in Vienna, stressing that it will have Iraq and Venezuela by its side to block the move.

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, Iran’s ambassador to OPEC, was quoted by media as saying that any increase in current production levels would be against a deal that OPEC and non-OPEC producers reached in 2016.

Last week, Trump said that “oil prices are too high,” blaming the OPEC for the 60 percent rise of oil prices over the last year.

“Oil prices are too high, OPEC is at it again. Not good!” the US president wrote on Twitter.

Trump’s criticism ironically comes at a time where US crude oil futures were trading near $66 a barrel on Wednesday falling about 9.5 percent from a multiyear high of nearly $73 a barrel on May 22, Press TV reported.

Oil prices fell this month on reports that the Trump administration asked Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest producer, to start pumping more as renewed US sanctions on Iran begin to hit the country’s exports.

In May, US President Donald Trump announced that he would pull America out of a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and re-impose the sanctions that the deal had envisaged to be lifted.

He has already emphasized that the sanctions which would be imposed on Iran would be “at the highest level”.

The sanctions would include a universal ban on Iran over buying or acquiring US dollars as well as restrictions over purchases of crude oil from the country and investing in its oil sector projects.

No Need to Join Int’l Treaties that Are against National Interests: Iran Leader

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

“Major world powers develop international treaties based on their own interests,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a Wednesday meeting with Iranian lawmakers in Tehran.

“Member states of these conventions have no role in their development,” he said, adding that the conventions are mostly ratified by the allies of world powers or the states intimidated by them.

“Then if an independent country like Iran refuses to join the treaty, they start criticizing it, saying how come you don’t accept it while 150 others have joined?”

“Some treaties have useful articles and there’s no problem with joining them. But when we know a treaty or convention has problems and we are not sure where it will take us to, we shouldn’t ratify it just for its positive aspects,” the Leader added.

The bills proposed by the government to be ratified in the Parliament should not be against the country’s national interests, he went on to say.

“The Iranian Parliament itself can pass laws against money laundering and terrorism,” he added.

The Leader’s comments came after the Iranian lawmakers, earlier this month, agreed that debates on the country’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) be put on hold for two months.

They decided that dealing with the FATF issue would be shelved until results of negotiations with Europe on saving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) become clear.

Established in 1989, the Financial Action Task Force is an inter-governmental body with the purpose of setting standards and promoting effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

“Europe Not Serious Enough against US’ Iran Policy”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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In a Wednesday meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Ali Akbar Salehi underlined that the Europeans are not serious enough against the policies of US President Donald Trump against the JCPOA.

“The future of the Iran nuclear deal hinges on the resolute and serious stance of the European sides against Trump’s policies,” he was quoted as saying in a report by Fars News Agency.

For her part, Norwegian prime minister described the JCPOA as a significant achievement for the world and said Oslo is seeking to remove obstacles in the way of preserving the nuclear deal.

She also called for further expansion of ties between Iran and Norway in various economic and trade areas.

“Europe Not Serious Enough against US’ Iran Policy”

Germany: EU Serious in Preserving JCPOA

While visiting Norway to attend the Oslo Forum, Salehi also held talks with Nilse Annen, the German Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office.

During the talks, the German official reaffirmed his country as well as the EU’s support for the Iran nuclear deal and said Europe is serious in its efforts to preserve the JCPOA.

He went on to say that the issue should be pursued at international level if the efforts made so far including attempts to attract the private sector are to be successful.

The two sides also exchanged views on the US illegal and unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and its fallouts for international law.

Iranians Not Supermen, but Can Do Super Things: Queiroz

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IFP Media Wire
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Iran, who has defeated Morocco in its opener in Group B, will face Spain on Wednesday at the Kazan Arena.

Queiroz says football always gives surprise.

“I think everybody who has been playing football a long time knows football always gives surprises,” Queiroz said in his pre-match news conference at the Kazan Arena.

“There’s always something new and we know things change constantly. We don’t have supermen like Spain, but we can do super things. What worries me is that my players enter the field concentrated and with a positive attitude,” ex-Real Madrid coach stated.

“There is nothing more to say about players like Isco, [Marco] Asensio and [Andres] Iniesta. “If one of them doesn’t play, it will be another.”

Iran has suffered a blow, however, as Queiroz confirmed defender Rouzbeh Cheshmi will miss the rest of the tournament with a muscle injury.

“Unfortunately, it’s one of those bad news,” he said. “Rouzbeh is out. It was a small accident in a training session. He is injured.”

Saudi Arabia Spending $750 Million to Turn Qatar into Island

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IFP Editorial Staff
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June 25 is the deadline set by Riyadh for accepting tenders to dig the waterway alongside Saudi-Qatari border, which is to be completed within 15 months.

Five international companies with expertise in digging canals have so far submitted their tenders for the Salwa canal inside the territory of Saudi Arabia and alongside the Saudi-Qatari borders. The name of the winner will be announced within 90 days and the company will have one year to complete the task, Saudi daily Makkah has reported.

The planned canal, expected to cost SR2.8 billion ($746.6 million), will stretch from Salwa to Khor Al Adeed, and will be 200 metres wide and 15 to 20 metres deep, allowing ships up to 295 metres long and 33 metres wide to navigate it.

The canal will be inside Saudi territory, making it fully Saudi, and will be about one kilometre from the official border with Qatar, the Gulf News reported.

The project will be reportedly funded fully by Saudi and UAE private investors and that Egyptian companies with expertise in digging would help with the construction of the canal.

A Saudi military base will be established in the one kilometre separating the Salwa waterway from Qatar, while the remainder will be converted into a waste dump for the Saudi nuclear reactor, which Riyadh plans to build.

In April, Saudi border guards took control of the Salwa crossing, effectively cutting off Qatar’s only terrestrial link with the outside world.

The customs and passports departments evacuated the crossing and handed over its control to the Border Guards, shortly after orders had been given to station them along the borders.

The move was understood to signify that work on the ambitious project to dig the waterway would start earlier than predicted.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt on June 5, 2017, severed their diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremists and funding terrorism.

The Quartet issued a list of 13 demands and asked Qatar to comply with them in order to restore ties.

However, Doha rejected the points. Mediation efforts led by fellow Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Kuwait have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough or any incremental progress.

Taliban Kills 30 Afghan Security Forces despite Ceasefire

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The news was declared by the provincial governor, Reuters reported.

The attack came as the Afghan government had extended the three-day Eid-al-Fitr ceasefire with Taliban.

The Taliban had announced a ceasefire for the first three days of Eid, which started on Friday, promising not to attack Afghan security forces for the first time since the 2001 US invasion.

That came after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said security forces would temporarily cease operations against the Taliban for eight days, starting last Tuesday. Ghani then called on the Taliban to extend the truce, which was due to expire on Sunday.

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